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Nope, not a safety issue at all! Rivian navigation is pretty good in fact, compared to other nav systems that I have used. Not the best but not nearly the worst. Now of course I would prefer CarPlay - no doubt about it. But the above post is just inaccurate and misleading.

I don't have any sort of subscription, so Yes. I get multiple $10 "account reload" charges, which trigger duplicate charge alerts from my credit card company.

I have a Porsche Taycan, which is "Plug and Charge" compatible with Electrify America and comes with three years of $0/kwh charging. Having charged with EA many times in and around California, my view has always been: "What are they talking about? Electrify America is really quite good!" Last...

Remember that I'm talking here about charging a Rivian using various brand chargers, and talking about the total time needed to exit the car in the rain, retrieve and plug in the cable, fold your umbrella, etc. and get back in the car. Based on my experience, about a minute is how long it takes...

I wish EV charging stations only took five seconds to connect! Not even Tesla. In reality it takes about a minute all in, from opening the car door to closing it again, which is plenty of time to either get wet or need to fully gear up. On the other hand, a simple roof would be far more...

If I can't charge in the rain without getting wet, buy an espresso and a pastry, and use the nice clean restroom, then it's not a proper charging location. See also: Europe.

I have a rather pronounced "sounds like rubber rubbing on something" noise, I call it a squeak, when, for example, driving slowly over a speed bump. Is that what we're talking about here?

I know what jounce is. What are "jounce lines" in the Rivian?

EV's **love** moving slowly. I get some of my highest efficiencies while commuting in slow traffic. So I'd expect range above EPA. But running the A/C does draw extra power. I'd plan for 1-2KW per hour if it's hot. The Max pack is 140KW I believe, so at least 70 hours of running the aircon...

Do not plan on being able to upgrade to a better battery, or motor, or inverter in a car you already own. The tech will get better, and later versions of all EVs will get the latest tech, but it'll never make sense - either to Rivian or to you - to retrofit an existing car. What if you had NOT...

The perfect way to deal with Curly Jefferson

Yea, just hook it up to the exhaust pipe like the instructions say!

And I can confirm that the Taycan is a FANTASTIC car. The best EV currently being sold. The comfort and handling are unbelievably good. This from someone who drives a Taycan and a Rivian R1S and loves both cars. Also, because it's Porsche, that Taycan will do 0-60 faster than the specification...

As someone who loves the existing R1S, got early adopter pricing, and tends to keep cars for 8-10 years, it's highly unlikely that ANY change would cause me to trade up after less than a year. I hope and expect the refreshed R1S to have some really nice improvements, but I'll stick to what I've...

I'm with you. I remember a time when crafting a pithy news headline that accurately reflected the contents of the article was an art. Now the sole goal seems to be attention grabbing, at the expense of accuracy.

If you aren't able to integrate using open source stuff as above, which definitely works, there are a few vendors who can make it work if you buy their whole system. If you have Enphase solar, for example, you can add an Enphase IQ EVSE and get out of the box integration to do what you want...

Very true, and in fact that's how I like it and what I should have said. On my other car, for example, you can touch a door handle, or touch the trunk open button, or waive a foot under the rear bumper or waive your hand over the frunk and it'll "just open" if you have the key on you, and it...

It's true that I could have done the whole trip using RAN only, which would have been pretty cool and a bit less expensive than EA. But you gotta eat, and I ended up routing to EA locations twice simply because the food options were better. I've said it before: charging, restrooms, and...

I 100% agree with the problem. Auto-unlock is great, but it's way too sensitive and unlocks even when you just walk by the car several feet away. I would GREATLY prefer if: a) The Rivian unlocked only when I was very close to the door - like 1-2 feet and b) didn't unlock when I only just quickly...

Conterpoint: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/my-1-400-mile-california-oregon-road-trip-was-gloriously-uneventful.25400/